Closure fastener



' 15 the door to its fullopen posit 40 tional view -showing the manually control- "45 bracket.

Patented Aug. `26, 1930 L met JAcoB- n.' CARMANY, or

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` lu .It holds the door securely closed, and pre'- vents it from accidentally opening, as is often the case, due to a sudden gust of wind. `It

jo'horing bracket 18, onA the Aframe bar. r-The does away with makeshift door props, hooks and the like, and a push is sulicient to bring,. ion to automati cally fasten the same. i f i I aim to provide a structure of this class,

which is characterized by 'exceptional sim-'yV plicity, of construction, anda novel organi-v 2 0 zation of parts, especially constructed andj cooperating'to produce a dependablestruc-,-

ture, and insuringecient operation. y Y

' Other features and'advantages ofthe in-vkv ventionwill becomev more readily apparent'I 25 from they following rdescriptionand drawingsn, Y y

In the drawings y Figure 1 is ay fragmentary elevational view of a door andframe bar showing the door`r` 30 hinged on` the bar and equippedfwith a fastener constructedy in accordancey with thee..

- j present invention. p.

Fig. 2 1s a topp .ing the relationship of parts more' clearly. e

Fig. 3 is alsoar toppplan viewfshowing the door swung to open position, withthefas` tener in a positionjto hold the .door-against f closing.v W

Fig. 4i

1an viewof Fig; 1, Show-.

s an enlarged sectional and elevavlingreleasing means on the interior ofthe door. y

Fig. 5 is an elevational view `of a guide loop. Fig. 6 is a detail view of ay guide eye,V

fragmentaryv elevational view Fig. 7 is av iferent embodiment of the inof a slightly d vention.

50 served that the framebalris designated Referring to theidrawings, it will fbe ob- I and12 adjacent. its oppositeends.v -Theopenings are extended to;successivelyreceivethe .f i

this end toa coiledspring 17 suitable construction.

lYVhe'n the door is open y,devicel isv of the construction lshown v,in Fig.` 4, reference being hadto this igurelitfw'ill Vthe manner to eject orfforce the fngerl,

swung to open'Y position, vat which time? the 192s. serial No. ,286,447.11

the reference Ycharactei'.iSy theswinging l f hingedly mounted fdoioral by' thereference character `9. .its exterior, thisk dooriris l provide'dwitha plate ,10, having openings y1l' v :sev

inturned ends 13k of a sliding latchl 14. This -flatch is ginffthel form of` an `elongatedvrod -whiche'xtenfds throughl the leye 15,- off a guide bracket 16, at one'end,`fbeing connected 'at' The spring-in turn, is fastened to ,an anopposite, end'ofthe rod extends through an elongated loop-like guide .19, andA beyond thisl .guidefis equipped with aghand gripff20of When lthe ,door r isy closed,asfshown in Fig. theinturnedgin- Ager orend '13"` extends through theropening 11'fin the'v plate 10," for cooperation with the releasedevi'ce 211 l 1' y I ed, the inturned end 1 y13, extends through thefopening ^1'2,;forcooperation withv the" release 'device 22.' `Each `be seen lthat the device comprises a smally rleverSof right` angular forni, having one lend portion 23, le'z'te'nding into complemental This permitsthe device to be manipulated inA outgof ,thel opening in Vwhich itis located." It is; obvious,that. with this arrangement, the f Cas/iugm' bearing Plat? 10Q ProvideS 3l. runners t from one opening 11 to the other opening 12. j As before intimated, when the door is closed,

the vfinger 13 is located` inthe opening 11.'

However, bypushing this`ingervfout ofV the opening through the medium `oflthve device 21,;it is` obvious that the doorcallthen vbe finger 13-wi11 ridealong the plate y10,l and drop into the opening 12. Q f l -Itth'en cooperates with the device 22 which can 'be ,manipulated for releasing it [to allowv y' 'the'door to close again. kkThis' is plainly evi-` i -lldlefprtlr '24 extending, down througha gnide`eyev25. f

dent by considering Figs. 2 and 3 successively. Of course when it is desired to operate the device outside of the door, this is done by grasping the handle 20, and pulling the 5 latch rod outwardly in an obvious manner. This freedom of movement is permitted by the resilient swinging connection 17, and the elongated guide loop 19.

Referring to Fig. 7 it will be observed that lo I employ a vertical type of spring,1nstead of horizontal typmas. represented-lnFlgs. 1, 2 and 3. In Fig. 7, the spring is designated by the referencecharactcr 26. Oneend iSucQnnected with the bracket 18, as at 27, and the opposite end is connectedatQS to:.the rod 14. Otherwise, the structure is the same.

ing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JACOB R CARMANY.

*Itgis thought that by considering the de- `Scription in connection with'the drawing, a clear understanding ofthe construction, opl ,o eration,.and advantages of the invention will be'had Therefore, amore lengthy descrip- .tion is regarded unnecessary.

Minor changes lin shape, size, and re-ar- .rangement of parts, coming within the field 125 of'invention claimed, ymay be resorted toxif desired.

Having thus described my invention, what "lclaims new is 1. In l.a closurefasteneroffthe class deggscribed anapertured face plate adapted to be SecuredP to the closure, said face plate havlug the apertures formed therein adapted to "registerwith openings formed in the closure, spaced guides adapted to befsecured to the .35 closure, a horizontally disposed rod slidable in said guides, said rod 'having an inturned endportion fory successive reception `in the registering apertures in said facing plate and vc'losurdanda spring adapted .to be anchored 40 at one end to the supporting postofthe clo- .-sure, the otherend of saidspring being se` .cured to the opposite end of saidrod.

2. In a closure fastener of the class Vdei scribed, a facing plate adaptedtdbe'xedto 5 the closure, said facingfplate having aper- "turesformed therein infregis'try with open- ,..in s formedin the closure,v'guide members Kapted to be mounted-on said closure in .Llongitufdinal alinement ,with said facing (,mplatdfa rod slidable in saidguides, a spring adapted to be anchored `to the supporting v1post of said closure ,and having ,operating r,connection with one end. of said rod, the oposite end of said rod having a laterally ent finger for selective reception in the aper? ,tures in said facingplate` and closure, and a handle carriedbysald rod.

`3. Ina. closure fastener of the `class de- `scribad, a facingplate adapted to'bexed A50 tothefclo'sure, said facing plate having aperlolagitudmal ,alnement with lsaid vfailvzig 

